AP Precalculus Journals

The AP Precalculus Journals are unit-long assignments that count as a project grade. They are the big-time questions that are great at introducing real-world connections and conversation but are a little too long for an exam. These rigorous questions are great for developing and strengthening written justifications while also providing additional opportunities to demonstrate an understanding of course material outside of standard exams.

UNIT 1 JOURNAL POlLYNOMIAL + RATIONAL

The Unit 1 Journal contains 9 questions with a focus on:

• The Key Features of Functions 
• Boundedness and Extrema
• Analyzing Data
• Parent Functions
• Inverse Function
• Continuity of Functions
• Classifying Linear Functions
• Power Functions
• The Intermediate Value Theorem

UNIT 2 JOURNAL EXPONENTIAL + LOG

The Unit 2 Journal contains 7 questions with a focus on:

• Composition of Functions
• Exponential Graphs
• Logistic Growth + Population Models
• Analyzing Data
• Logarithm Grahps in the real world
• What is e?
• Investments

UNIT 3 JOURNAL TRIGONOMETRY

The Unit 3 Journal contains 9 questions with a focus on:

• Right Triangle Trig
• Unit Circle
• Writing Sine + Cosine Functions
• Tangent Graphs
• Real World Representation
• Analyzing Data + Regression
• Proving Identities
• Law of Sines + Cosines
• Trig + Sports